Friday, 19 March 2010

Wladimir Klitschko Vs Eddie Chambers

Wladimir Klitschko Vs Eddie Chambers

Both of these fighters have very good boxing skills, with Wladimir having the edge as far as the jab goes. Eddie Chambers is extremely quick for a heavyweight. This could cause Wladimir some problems if, that's IF, Eddie Chambers can get on the inside, past that world class spear jab of Wladimir's. Eddie Chambers and his team have had a long time to put together a good gameplan to defeat Wladimir. Chambers knows Wladimirs strengths, one being his jab, is something he will have to get past to stand any chance at all of winning this fight. Watching a video interview with "Fast" Eddie Chambers, I seen him say that he's not going to do the same thing everyone else has tried to do against Wladimir and failed. He said that him and his team have been working tirelessly, training on nuturalizing the jab of Wladimir. But saying it, training for it, and actually doing it on the night are very different indeed.

Saying that, I do think Eddie Chambers stands a chance of winning this fight. He does have very fast hands and good boxing skills. Eddie Chambers is also a very grounded, and realistically minded person. In his interviews you can see that he's not under any pretenses like some fighters that talk the talk, trying to convince themselves that they can't be beat, but deep down know they won't win. Eddie Chambers seems the total opposite, he admits that this fight is going to be very hard to win, and seems well prepared mentally and physically to give this fight his best shot.

Eddie Chambers does have some power also, not as much as Wladimir, but enough to knock Wladimir out if he makes a mistake or gets complacent. We have seen in past fights that Wladimirs vunerability is his chin, he can be hurt and knocked out. Wladimir does not have a good recovery time after being hurt either, he stays dazed and wobbly legged for quite some time. That is why he doesn't like to mix it up, or stand toe to toe with his opponents. Why risk it when you can stay on the outside, jab and win. Wladimirs a master boxer on the outside, and unless Eddie Chambers can break Wladimirs rythm, pressure him, and make him fight, he stands a good chance of losing this fight by unanimous decision on the scorecards.

However, my prediction is for Wladimir Klitschko to stop Eddie Chambers in the 10th round, by either KO or Chambers corner will pull him out.